No. I just dont feel the love at the moment. Or I lost my mojo or something.
Its just that its been so long since we were awesome (OU game), let alone consistent (2001), let alone consistently awesome (Mac) that its hard to get up for these games anymore. Im watching a team that seems to be very inconsistant/undercoached/underprepared or however you want to describe it. The player rotation is incomprehensible. The lack of depth in the trenches (OL DL) is completely unacceptable. Excellent line play makes bad RBs get drafted in the NFL.
The fact is that we are 15 years removed from Mac's retirement. The entire period can be summed up in fits and starts on a long and gradual decline from greatness. The last time I felt like this program was going up, up, up again was Barney's first couple of years. Then he lost me. The he lost his job. Hawkins seemed like a good move but he's yet to be a consistant producer. We are in year 4 and the team looks like mush.
I love the Buffs. I'll always watch. But Im too afraid to get excited anymore, to pour myself into it. This should have been Hawks 10 win season but I saw some of the cracks awhile back. Too man kids have quit or transfered was the biggest worry, now confirmed, for me. It's so depressing I can hardly even get excited about ND losing or Miami beating OU or really seeing the joy in college football at all. Oh well.